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Sex Trafficking Drama ‘Sound of Freedom’ Is a Heartbreaking and Hopeful Call to Action

This story can change people’s hearts and inspire them to do something about child slavery.

Written by Aaron Gleason | Tuesday, July 18, 2023

This film might not depict anything visually distasteful, but it is not for the weak-hearted and is difficult to watch. It is honest about what this world is and does. I heard crying throughout the entire theater audience — it is beyond moving. At the end of the film, I wanted to clap, but it... Continue Reading

A New History of the PCA’s First 50 Years

Several early debates over confessional adherence would grow into later actions that moved away from either the earlier or the presumed view of doctrinal adherence.

Written by David W. Hall | Monday, July 17, 2023

What started as a grassroots denomination was still one—but some of that was giving way to bureaucratic impulses. The various proposals by the blue-ribbon Ad Interim Committee to revising church structure (1985-1989) were seldom embraced. However, the inertia of centralization, coupled with a desire for larger size, inevitably drove the PCA toward broadening.   Editor’s... Continue Reading

The Holy Sexuality Project

The Holy Sexuality Project addresses many of today’s most urgent issues on matters of sex and sexuality.

Written by Tim Challies | Monday, July 17, 2023

The Holy Sexuality Project is a series comprised of 12 lessons. Christopher Yuan begins by telling his story and then progresses to matters of identity, attraction, and action. In these lessons, he discusses the image of God, the doctrine of sin, and the nature of desire and temptation. He explains why God created sex and... Continue Reading

Sound of Freedom: The Story of One Man’s War on Child Trafficking

Review: One man, Tim Ballard, has made it his life’s mission to fight this evil and rescue as many of its innocent victims as he can.

Written by Janet Levy | Friday, July 14, 2023

Hopefully, Sound of Freedom will help encourage people to speak out. However, the exploitation of children is not just about Epstein and secret Hollywood parties. The film will shock ordinary people and show them how nefarious worldwide networks operate and what it takes to battle them. When Ballard thought of quitting his job and going it alone... Continue Reading

Understanding the Image of God: A Response to Mary L. Conway, “Gender in Creation and Fall”

Conway’s vision of Genesis 1–3 seems to emasculate the good news of God’s kingdom heralded in the first pages of Scripture.

Written by Peter J. Gentry | Thursday, July 13, 2023

Conway is right that to describe the woman as a helper does not indicate inferiority. She has strengths that match the man’s weaknesses, and vice versa. They will have to work as a team, but this does not rule out the possibility of the man having a primary responsibility or servant leadership in the relationship.... Continue Reading

Why Machen Is Important for the Church Today: A Reflection on Ch. 7 of Christianity and Liberalism (Part 2)

Classical liberalism at least maintained some connection between Christ and salvation, more contemporary forms of liberalism have severed that connection.

Written by Gregg Allison | Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Given the liberal (members, churches) elements’ abandonment of essential matters, conservative (members, churches) must withdraw. In such cases, the operative framework echoes Paul’s words (2 Cor. 6:14–16): Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or... Continue Reading

Machen on the Church: A Reflection on Ch. 7 of Christianity and Liberalism (Part 1)

Machen calls again for liberals to withdraw voluntarily, and for the sake of harmony and cooperation, from evangelical churches.

Written by Gregg Allison | Monday, July 10, 2023

In the face of the liberal peril, what should evangelicals do? A first step is to “encourage those who are engaging in the intellectual and spiritual struggle” (146–47). The intellectual battle must consist of both articulating and defending Christianity. Against those who focus solely on the propagation aspect, Machen suspects an anti-intellectualism underlying this approach,... Continue Reading

The Bible Is Still Relevant, Despite What You May Have Heard

The latest episode of the Colson Center’s What Would You Say? video series offers a response to the claim that “the modern world has moved beyond the Bible.”

Written by John Stonestreet and Michaela Estruth | Sunday, July 9, 2023

Every video in the What Would You Say? series offers thoughtful, reasoned, and reliable answers to common cultural questions. This video explains how the Bible shaped Western culture, how the Bible’s description of reality provided the grounding for modern science, and why there will be a growing demand for the Bible as more and more... Continue Reading

Salvation by God at the Cross of Christ: A Reflection on Chapter 6 of Christianity and Liberalism (Part 2)

We should reject adjusting the atonement, sin, and our view of God to meet the tastes or fads of the day, but rather have a clear-eyed focus on sin and the cross as the core of the gospel.

Written by K.J. Drake | Friday, July 7, 2023

To modify the core message of the gospel in order to receive what we think of as a proper hearing will lead to unfaithfulness. There are temptations within the evangelical church to compromise at the same places where theological liberalism was found defective: the doctrine of sin, character of God, and the accomplishment of the... Continue Reading

Heresy at the Heart of Derek Webb’s “Boys Will Be Girls”

Webb’s new album, The Jesus Hypothesis, is anything but subtle: it’s a celebration of gender transition and drag.

Written by Shane Morris | Thursday, July 6, 2023

As Pride Month and its demands increasingly invade all of life, Christians must understand the semireligious nature of the culture war we’re fighting. Homosexual behavior and cross-dressing are nothing new, but as Scrivener, Holland, and (I suspect) Chesterton would argue, the way these things are sold today—as a matter of oppressed and outcast minorities in... Continue Reading

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